Light support



March 13, 1928.

J. N. GOSSETT LIGHT SUPPORT Filed Nov. 18. 126

TTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Mar. 13, 1928.

UNITED STAT-ES JOHN N. GOSSETT, OF SHERIDAN, MONTANA.

LIGHT SUPPORT.

Application filed November 18, 1926. SeriaLNo. 149,223.

This invention relates to light supports of the body attached type, and its primary object is to provide an attachment for belts worn on the person, and said attachment includes a lamp arranged so that the light therefrom will be available at all times when and where needed, without interfering with the free use of the hands of the person.

'A further object of the invention is to provide a light attachment for belts and the like that includes an electric lamp and bat tery casing with means for enclosing the conductor wires from the lamp to the batteries whereby the wires will be amply protected and out of the way.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be vhad to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the belt and its attachment which forms the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view and also showing parts in elevation.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference numeral 1 indicates a belt formed with the usual buckle for adjustably securing the ends of said belt together. Secured to said belt adjacent its central portion and in spaced relation with respect to each other are strips 2 of leather or other material. These strips 2 are secured to the belt by spaced rows of stitching 3 which are so arranged and associated with the strips 2 and belt 1, to form a longitudinal loop in the strips to provide passages 4.

The lamp housing is indicated by the reference numeral 5 and is of the drum type as shown, with an arcuate shaped reflector 6 arranged therein adjacent its rear wall, while the lens 7 of said lamp is also of arcuate formation and held associated with said lamp by a rim 8. The lamp is provided with openings arranged upon diametrically opposite sides thereof, and said openings receive sockets 9 for the bulbs 10. A pair of spaced parallel loops 11 are formed with the rear wall of the lamp housing and receive the belt 1 as best shown inFigure 2 of the drawings.

Arranged upon opposite sides of the strips 2 are battery casings 12 which are also provided with spaced loops 13 to threadedly receive the belt and hinge covers 14 and are provided for each casing for securing a battery therein through the medium of the latch members 15.

The conductors 16 extend from a pair of spaced contacts (not shown) arranged in the battery casings, and these conductors are threaded through the passages formed in the strips 2 for connection with the sockets 9 whereby the current from the batteries will be supplied to the bulbs and said current is controlled by suitable switches actuated by finger pieces 17 mounted for slidable movement on the battery casings as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.

From the above description and disclosme in the drawing, it will be obvious that my device may be formed as an attachment for a belt or the belt may be manufactured with the respective parts associated therewith as clearly shown in Figure l of the drawings, and regardless of the construction desired, it will be apparent that the device is adapted to be worn on the person so as to provide ample light at all times and enable the free use of the hands of the person. By including two bulbs for the lamp housing and separate sources of energy therefor, both of said bulbs can be illuminated at the same time when a greater amount of light is desired or in the event that one of said bulbs or its operating means for illuminating the same becomes inoperative, the other bulb can be used.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

WVhat I claim is:

In a device of the character described, a belt, strips secured to said belt by spaced rows of stitching arranged in a manner to provide longitudinal loops, a lamp housing, spaced parallel loops formed with said lamp housing and receiving said belt for securing the lamp housing between said strips and centrally of the ends of said belt, a pair of battery casings having spaced parallel loops for securing the same to said belt upon opposite sides of said strips, covers formed with latching means for retaining batteries within said battery casings, lamp sockets disposed upon diametrically opposite sides of said lamp housing, conductors extending JOHN N GOSSIQTT. 

